Rotary sign device

ABSTRACT

The invention comprises a transparent sign having a pair of transparent center panels fitted into a sleeve. The center panels surround a display card and the sign has wind receiving recesses which receive the wind for rotating the sign.

0 United States Patent [151 3,638,341 Holmes Feb. 1, 1972 [54] ROTARY SIGN DEVICE 1,801,274 4/ 193i Hinks ..40/39 [72] Inventor: J0 E Hm, Leeds, Oak 58346 1,974,597 9/ I934 Bemmg ..40/39 [22] Filed: Nov. 4, 1969 OTHER PUBLICATIONS [2 1] Appl. No.: 873,981 The Washington Daily News 3/33 Copy 40- I52.

- Primary Examiner-Lawrence Charles [52] U.S.Cl. All/39 40/125 H 51 Int. Cl. ....co9r 1l/02, G09f7/02 mm [58] Fleldolsearch ..40/39, 154, I55, I52

[ ABSTRACT [56] cited The invention comprises a transparent sign having a pair of UNnED STATES PATENTS transparent center panels fitted into a sleeve. The center Van Der Bloom ..40/ l 55 panels surround a display card and the sign has wind receiving recesses which receive the wind for rotating the sign.

2 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures PATENTEB rm 1912' 3538.341

7* a E T 39 INVENTOR John E. Holmes BY @QMEKM ATTORNEY ROTARY SIGN DEVICE This invention relates to signs, more particularly the invention relates to rotary signs.

It is an object of the invention to provide a novel transparent sign having a pair of transparent center panels which swerve around and protect a display card.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel rotating sign which has a pair of resilient flexible transparent center panels with portions recessed into a sleeve to form wind receiving recesses and with at least one of the panels being detachable from the sleeve to enable different display cards to be mounted between the panels.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel rotating sign with transparent panels surrounding a display card to protect the display card from the atmosphere.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds and when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side-elevational view of the rotating display sign invention;

FIG. 2 is a front-elevational view of the rotating display sign invention;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the rotating sign invention;

FIG. 4 is a cutaway view of the rotating supporting stand of the sign invention, and

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary side-elevational view of the rotating sign invention, with the sleeve of the sign compressed to its adjusted position to receive oval center panels.

Briefly stated, the invention comprises a rotary display sign having a sleeve with a pair of resilient transparent circular discs recessed into the sleeve at an angle so as to form wind pockets for rotating the sign. The circular discs are detachably mounted to enable a display card to be mounted therebetween. The stand has a sleeve with openings for introducing to form an oil well for lubricating the part of the sign as it rotates.

Referring more particularly to the drawing in FIG. 1, the rotary sign invention is illustrated having a transparent, resilient flexible plastic sleeve 30, with a pair of transparent resilient flexible plastic circular discs or panels 22 and 23 recessed into the sleeve 30 at an angle. A post 24 passes through bores 25 and 26 in the sleeve and passes between the panels 22 and 23. The post 24 is maintained in fixed relation to the sleeve and panels 22 and 23, by frictional engagement with the sleeve at the edges of the holes 25 and 26.

The post 24 is rotatably mounted in the stand 27. The stand 27 has an annular plate 28 which supports the invention 20. The plate 28 has a cylindrical collar 29 mounted centrally on the plate. A cylindrical sleeve 29 is threaded into the collar 29.

A pair of conventional ball bearing ring assemblies 31 and 32 are mounted on the post 24 and the upper ball bearing assembly 31 rests upon an annular ridge 33, which ridge 33 projects inwardly from the sleeve 29 so that the post 24 may rotate in the ring assembly in the sleeve. A collar 53 is held on the post by a recessed screw 54. The collar 53 has an enlarged annular shoulder 53 which fits over the top 29" of the sleeve 29' in slightly spaced relation and a reduced annular shoulder portion 53" which fits into the sleeve 29 in spaced relation to the sleeve.

A pair of holes 34 and 34 pass through the sleeve 29' and have screws 35 and 36 threaded thereinto. The holes 34 and 34' provide access for filling the sleeve 29' with oil. A cork 37 is press fitted into the bottom of the sleeve 29'. The screws 35 and 36 will first be removed and the interior of the sleeve 29 will be filled with oil from the cork 37 on up to the level of the hole 34', and the screw 36 will be threaded back into the hole 34 to close the hole. The oil will then be introduced through hole 34 until the oil reaches the level of hole 34 and then screw 35 will be threaded back into hole 34 to close the hole.

Four screws 38 and 38, and 39 and 39 are threaded into the sleeve 30, with the heads of the screws 38 and 38 engaging the outside surface of the panels 22 and the heads of screws 39 and 39 engaging the outside surface of panel 23 to hold the panels in place in the sleeve 30 as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. The screws 38 and 38' may be removed to remove panel 22 and screws 39 and 39 may be removed to remove panel 23, so that display cards 40 and 40 may be inserted between the panels 22 and 23 and on opposite sides of post 24, with the display material on the outside of cards 40 and 40' so that it may be viewed through the transparent panels 22 and 23. The panels 22 and 23 protect the display cards from the weather and the panels being easily removable enable different display cards to be inserted.

The post 24 has a plurality of holes 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46 with a ring 47 passing through the upper hole 41 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, to hold the top of the sleeve 30 in place on the post 24.

The sleeve being flexible or resilient, if the operator desires to have a sign with an oval shape rather than a circular shape, he may press down the sleeve 30 from its circular shape, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, to its oval shape, as illustrated in FIG. 5, and insert the ring 47 in the closest hole 46 in the post 24, with the ring 47 engaging the top of the sleeve 30 to hold the sleeve 30 in its oval shape. The ring may be a conventional metal type which may be bent apart and bent back to its original position to move it from one of the holes 41-46 to another one of the holes 41-46. A pair of oval transparent plastic and resilient discs 48 and 49, identical in shape to one another, may be used in lieu of the circular discs or panels 22 and 23. The oval discs will be held at an angle, similar to the angle of the discs 22 and 23 to sleeve 30 when it is circular, being retained similarly by the screws 38 and 38', and 39 and 39 with the screws 38 and 38 being on the outside surface of oval panel 48 and the screws 39 and 39' being on the outside surface of oval panel 49. The post 24 will similarly pass between the oval discs 48 and 49.

When the sleeve is placed in its oval shape, identically shaped, oval display signs 50 and 51 may be used, being placed on opposite sides of post 24 and being protected by oval discs 48 and 49. The sign, when in its oval shape, will have an appearance from the top similar to FIG. 3.

The sleeve 30 may be held at the intermediate position between its circular shape illustrated in FIG. 1 and its oval shape illustrated in FIG. 5, by inserting the ring 47, in one of the intermediate holes 42, 43, 44, or 45, and discs of a shape corresponding to the shape of the sleeve 30, when held in one of these intermediate positions, may be inserted within the sleeve 30 at an angle and held in the same manner, as the circular and oval forms, by the mounting screws 38 and 38, and 39 and 39'.

Thus it will be seen that a novel rotary sign has been provided which will rotate in the wind by virtue of the pockets 52 and 52' formed by the angle of the panels 22 and 23, and 48 and 49, in relation to their sleeve 21 and which has a sleeve which may be adjusted to various shapes, and may be fitted by discs having a corresponding shape, only of slightly reduced diameter.

It will be obvious that various changes and departures may be made to the invention without departing from the spirit thereof, and accordingly it is not intended that the invention be limited to that specifically described in the specifications or as illustrated in the drawings, but only as set forth in the appended claims wherein:

What is claimed is:

1. A sign device comprising a resilient sleeve, a pair of discs recessed within the sleeve at an angle relative to the sleeve, a center upright post passing through the sleeve and between the discs, a stand for rotatably supporting said post, said discs being set at an angle relative to the sleeve to form recesses for the wind to engage to rotate the sleeve about the post, means to detach at least one of said discs from said sleeve to enable a display car to be placed therebetween, adjustable means along the length of the post to hold said sleeve in a selected shape, so that discs of a corresponding shape may be inserted within the sleeve and display cards may be inserted between the discs.

2. A sign device according to claim 1 wherein said adjustable means along the length of the post comprises a plurality holes along the length of the post with a ring insertable in any desired one ofsaid holes in said post. 

1. A sign device comprising a resilient sleeve, a pair of discs recessed within the sleeve at an angle relative to the sleeve, a center upright post passing through the sleeve and between the discs, a stand for rotatably supporting said post, said discs being set at an angle relative to the sleeve to form recesses for the wind to engage to rotate the sleeve about the post, means to detach at least one of said discs from said sleeve to enable a display car to be placed therebetween, adjustable means along the length of the post to hold said sleeve in a selected shape, so that discs of a corresponding shape may be inserted within the sleeve and display cards may be inserted between the discs.
 2. A sign device according to claim 1 wherein said adjustable means along the length of the post comprises a plurality holes along the length of the post with a ring insertable in any desired one of said holes in said post. 